Tour de France stage 8: Tomblaine > Gerardmer/La Mauselaine, 161kms

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Spectators cheer the Tour at the start of stage eight...

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After such a spectacular crash yesterday, Andrew Talansky has just a wee injury to show for it...

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Sylvain Chavanel leads the day's escape away, but they quickly build a six-minute lead..!

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Tejay Van Garderen and Talansky show the scars of yesterday's falls...

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Talansky is over-heating with so much clothing on - it's time to strip..

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Johan van Summeren hears news of the show and stops by to see what's going on...

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Jack Bauer follows suit - each and every one of them to see Talansky change his clothes..!

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Fabian Cancellara needs a wheel-change - but he too seems to be having a party..!

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21-year-old Simon Yates leads the escape as it gathers an even bigger lead of eleven minutes..!

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Vincenzo Nibali looks to be letting the escape win, regardless of its eventual advantage...

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Matteo Tossato is trying out a new water-bottle-carrying system...

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Tossato carries eight bottles back to his teamates - two are fitted into pockets in-front...

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Luca Paolini seems more interested in checking his e-mails today...

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The peloton is led by Astana, Lotto, Net App and Katusha as the gap opens to almost twelve minutes...

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Chavanel attacks has attacked at the foot of the first big climb...

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Biel Kadri joins Chavanel and assumes a leading role...

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Yates is chasing at 40-seconds, his dream of this stage-win going but not quite gone...

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Kadri has dropped Chavanel and moves away for what seems to be a superb stage-win...

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Michael Rogers and Nicholas Roche set a fast tempo on the penultimate climb...

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Nibali leads Richie Porte on the initial descent...

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Van Garderen is only a few seconds back...

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Chris Horner is in touch as well, better days are on the horizon for this American...

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Biel Kadri wins stage eight by a minute or so from Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali...

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